Los Altos was dead in the water. They were cooked, finished. After a 21-0 loss to West Covina on October 24, the Conquerors were 3-5 overall and 1-2 in the Hacienda League. Everybody wrote them off. CIF Finals? At this point all Los Altos and head coach Dale Ziola wanted was one win.

By Joseph Rodriguez (Chaffey) In a scene from Remember the Titans Coach Boone, played by Denzel Washington, was questioned about the complexity of the offensive playbook. Coach Boone replied “I run six plays… its like Novocain, just give it time it always works.”